Curtis Strange | |||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||
Full name | Curtis Northrup Strange | ||||||||
Born | Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. | January 30, 1955||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) | ||||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||||
Spouse | Sarah Strange | ||||||||
Children | 2 sons | ||||||||
Career | |||||||||
College | Wake Forest University | ||||||||
Turned professional | 1976 | ||||||||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour | ||||||||
Professional wins | 29 | ||||||||
Highest ranking | 3 (June 19, 1988)[1] | ||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
PGA Tour | 17 | ||||||||
European Tour | 2 | ||||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 1 | ||||||||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 3 | ||||||||
Other | 8 | ||||||||
Best results in major championships (wins: 2) | |||||||||
Masters Tournament | T2: 1985 | ||||||||
PGA Championship | T2: 1989 | ||||||||
U.S. Open | Won: 1988, 1989 | ||||||||
The Open Championship | T13: 1988 | ||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||
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Curtis Northrup Strange (born January 30, 1955) is an American professional golfer and TV color commentator. He is the winner of consecutive U.S. Open titles and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between their debut in 1986 and 1990.[2]